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Important Service/Product Specific Terms
Your Agreement with Cricket Communications, Inc. and its affiliates doing business as Cricket includes terms of your service plan (including those outlined below) and the most recent Cricket Terms and Conditions of Service - carefully read all these terms which include, among other things, a MANDATORY ARBITRATION of disputes provision.
Terms and Conditions of Service: The Terms and Conditions of Service ("Agreement") are provided to you at activation. There are several parts to the Agreement, including, but not limited to, the detailed rate plan or other information on Services we provide or refer you to during the sales transaction, and any confirmation materials we may provide you.
General Terms: We reserve the right to cancel offers early or extend offers without notice. Offers may not be available everywhere or combinable with other promotions/options. Coverage is not available everywhere and varies by service - see mapping brochures or visit our official website (www.mycricket.com) for details. Our services may only work with our phones - not all services are available with all phones, on all networks or within all coverage areas. Monthly service charges are non-refundable even if service is terminated or modified before your billing cycle ends. International roaming rates for voice and data services are additional and will vary. On calls that cross time periods, minutes are generally deducted or charged based on the call start time. Partial minutes of use are rounded up to the next whole minute.
Nature of our Service. Our rate plans, devices, services and features are not for resale and are intended for reasonable and non-continuous use by a person using a device on Cricket's networks.
Prohibited Network Uses. To ensure the activities of some users do not impair the ability of our customers to have access to reliable services provided at reasonable costs, you may not use our services in a manner that is unlawful, infringes on intellectual property rights, or harms or unduly interferes with the use of Cricket's network or systems. Cricket reserves the right, without notice or limitation, to limit data throughput speeds or quantities or to deny, terminate, end, modify, disconnect, or suspend service if an individual engages in any of the prohibited voice or data uses set forth in the Agreement, Fair Use Policy, Acceptable Use Policy, detailed below or if Cricket, in its sole discretion, determines action is necessary to protect its wireless networks from harm or degradation. Examples of prohibited voice uses: Cricket voice services are provided solely for live dialogue between, and initiated by, individuals for personal use and as otherwise described in this policy. Cricket services may not be used for any other purposes, including, but not limited to: monitoring services, transmission of broadcasts, transmission of recorded material, telemarketing, autodialed calls, other commercial uses, or other connections that do not consist of uninterrupted live dialogue between individuals. Examples of prohibited data uses: Cricket data services are provided solely for purposes of web surfing, sending and receiving email, photographs and other similar messaging activities, and the non-continuous streaming of videos, downloading of files or on-line gaming. Our data services may not be used: (i) to generate excessive amounts of Internet traffic through the continuous, unattended streaming, downloading or uploading of videos or other files or to operate hosting services including, but not limited to, web or gaming hosting; (ii) to maintain continuous active network connections to the Internet such as through a web camera or machine-to-machine connections that do not involve active participation by a person; (iii) to disrupt email use by others using automated or manual routines, including, but not limited to "auto-responders" or cancel bots or other similar routines; (iv) to transmit or facilitate any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, telemarketing, promotional materials, "junk mail", unsolicited commercial or bulk email, or fax; (v) for activities adversely affecting the ability of other people or systems to use either Cricket's wireless services or other parties' Internet-based resources, including, but not limited to, "denial of service" (DoS) attacks against another network host or individual user; (vi) for an activity that connects any device to Personal Computers (including without limitation, laptops), or other equipment for the purpose of transmitting wireless data over the network (unless customer is using a plan designated for such usage); or (vi) for any other reason that, in our sole discretion violates our policy of providing service for individual use. Unlimited Use Plans. If you subscribe to rate plans, services or features that are described as unlimited, you should be aware that such "unlimited" plans are subject to these Cricket Prohibited Network Uses.
Messaging (text, picture and video): Certain messages, including those to third parties to participate in a promotion or other program, will result in additional charges. International messaging rates may vary and are subject to change. There is no guarantee that messages will be received, and we are not responsible for lost or misdirected messages. Most text messages are limited to 160 characters.
GPS /Location Based Services: Environment may limit GPS/ location based service information. It is the responsibility of the Account holder to notify device users that location can be identified while using GPS / location based service applications.
Data: Services are not available with all Cricket phones. The amount of data transmitted over our network is measured in kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB) or gigabytes (GB). Unless specified otherwise 1024KB equals 1MB. 1024MB equal 1GB. Usage is calculated on a per kilobyte, megabyte or gigabyte (depending on your rate plan) basis and is rounded up to the next whole kilobyte, megabyte or gigabyte. Rounding occurs at the end of each session or each clock hour and at which time we deduct accumulated usage from your plan. You are responsible for all data activity from and to your device, regardless of who initiates the activity. Estimates of data usage will vary from actual use. Your bill will not separately identify the number of kilobytes, megabytes or gigabytes attributable to your use of specific sites, sessions or services used. Premium content (games, ringtones, songs, etc.) priced separately. Services are not available for use in connection with server devices or host computer applications, other systems that drive continuous heavy traffic or data sessions, or as substitutes for private lines or frame relay connections. Except with phone-as-modem rate plan orfeature, you may not use a phone (including a Bluetooth phone) as a modem in connection with a computer, PDA, or similar device. We reserve the right to deny or terminate service without notice for any misuse or any use that adversely affects network performance.
Web Access: Cricket can help you prevent the transmission of material harmful to minors on certain devices by allowing access to a limited number of Internet web sites or restricting Web access.
Off-Network Usage: The primary use of your Device must be for domestic purposes within the Cricket-owned network. Cricket reserves the right, without notice, to deny, terminate, modify, disconnect or suspend service if more than 50% of your voice and/or data usage in on a Partner network. The display on your device may not always be on and will not indicate whether you are on a Partner network or roaming. You can monitor usage by calling 800-Cricket and online through MyAccount for certain rate plans. Cricket may limit or terminate service if you no longer live and have a mailing address within a Cricket owned-network area.
Roaming/Partner Coverage: Data services and certain calling features (Voicemail, Caller ID, Call Waiting, etc.) may not be available in all areas. Cricket reserves the right to deny, terminate, modify, disconnect or suspend service if the majority of minutes or kilobytes are used while roaming or on a Partner network.
International Long Distance and Messaging: Ratesand available countries are available at www.mycricket.com. International rates are subject to change without notice.
Cricket® Terms and Conditions of Service
1. (a) This is An Important Agreement Regarding the Services We Provide to You. PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY. These Terms and Conditions of Service constitute an agreement ("Agreement") between you and the provider of your Cricket service and contain an arbitration clause and other clauses which may affect your legal rights.The provider is Cricket Communications, Inc. (which conducts business under the name Cricket Wireless, Inc. in Pennsylvania) or one of its joint venture partners, which are separate entities and may not be controlled by Cricket Communications, Inc. The applicable provider of your Cricket service in your market is referred to in this Agreement as "Cricket" ("us", "we", "our" or "Cricket"). This Agreement governs the sale and delivery of wireless service(s) ("Service" or "Services") to you by Cricket. This Agreement is between you (the purchaser or user of the Services) and us, and also includes by this reference any terms and conditions applicable to the Service(s) that you select as described in any of our product brochure(s), literature or on our official website (www.mycricket.com). In addition, certain regulatory filings, called tariffs, and other laws, may also govern our provision of Services to you. This Agreement replaces and supersedes all previous versions of the Terms and Conditions of Service. Because these Terms and Conditions of Service may change from time to time, please visit us at our official website (www.mycricket.com) or visit one of our retail stores for the most current version.
(b) IMPORTANT: WHEN YOU START SERVICE OR USE THE SERVICE BY, FOR EXAMPLE, PLACING A CALL, SENDING A MESSAGE OR TRANSMITTING DATA ON THE CRICKET WIRELESS SYSTEM OR ANOTHER SYSTEM THAT'S AGREED TO CARRY OUR SERVICES, YOU INDICATE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. IN ADDITION, EACH TIME YOU PAY FOR SERVICE FROM US, YOU CONFIRM YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT START SERVICE OR USE THE SERVICE AND RETURN YOUR WIRELESS DEVICE, UNUSED AND WITH THE ORIGINAL RECEIPT AND ALL PACKAGING AND ACCESSORIES, TO THE STORE WHERE PURCHASED WITHIN THE RETURN PERIOD SET BY THAT STORE FOR A REFUND.
2. (a) Scope of Service. Cricket reserves the right to manage our wireless systems and the use of our Services. As a result, we may deny a request for Service from any customer or potential customer or discontinue a customer's service for any lawful reason. We may block access to a number and/or certain categories of numbers (for example, 976 and 900 numbers), certain websites, or certain messages, including text, video, photo, and audio messages, in our sole discretion and to the extent legally permitted. In addition, calls placed to services that, in our sole discretion, are designed to facilitate traffic stimulation, including but not limited to chat line facilities, free conference calling services, call center operations and help desk provisioning, are not included in our calling plans. If you would like to place calls to services of this nature, we may offer an add-on calling feature for an additional monthly fee.
(b) Services are generally available within the operating range of our wireless system in your service area. Your service area is the area depicted in the coverage brochure you received with this Agreement or that is posted on our official website (www.mycricket.com) and may change from time to time. Coverage maps only approximate our anticipated wireless coverage area outdoors; actual Service area, coverage and quality may vary and change without notice depending on a variety of factors including but not limited to network capacity, location, nearby buildings (and other structures), your wireless device, terrain and weather. Outages and interruptions in Service may occur, and speed of Service varies. You agree we are not liable for problems relating to Service availability or quality. Except for 911 calls and any "roaming" service to which you have subscribed, you will not be able to use your wireless device outside of your service area for any calls (including local and long distance) or any other service features. As a result, sometimes Service, including calls or attempted calls to emergency services like 9-1-1 calls, may be interrupted or fail, and/or the quality of calls may be poor.
(c) Any statements by Cricket, its employees, representatives or agents about the coverage of our wireless system are only intended to describe Cricket's approximate coverage in your service area. You should not interpret any such statement to mean that Service will be available under all circumstances, at all times, or without interruption in your service area.
(d) YOU AGREE TO HOLD CRICKET, ITS EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS HARMLESS AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS OR ACTIONS (INCLUDING ACTIONS BY THIRD PARTIES OR THOSE WHO USE YOUR PHONE) ARISING OUT OF YOUR OR ANOTHER PERSON'S USE OR ATTEMPTED USE OF THE SERVICE.
(e) You may download content and/or applications (collectively "Applications") to your wireless device. By downloading and/or using certain Applications you also agree to the end user license agreement that applies to such Application. Depending upon the Application, that end user license agreement may be found at www.mycricket.com/eula.
3. Privacy. Our privacy policy describes our privacy practices. The policy, as amended from time to time, can be found at our official web site (www.mycricket.com).
4. Rate Plan.
(a) We determine what types of Service and rate plans or service packages (collectively "Rate Plans") we offer to you. We may offer different Services and different Rate Plan(s) to different people and entities, in different geographic locations at different times. Services offered under some Rate Plans may be more limited than those offered under other Rate Plans. The Services and Rate Plan you select determine the charges and fees you have to pay for Services. The Rate Plan you select will be your Rate Plan until that Rate Plan is modified, you switch to a different Rate Plan (if we offer other Rate Plans to you), you cancel your Service, or your Service is terminated. If we make more than one Rate Plan available to you, you may change to another Rate Plan, but you may be required to pay us a Rate Plan change fee or other fee(s). Rate plan changes may not be effective immediately. ALTHOUGH YOUR RATE PLAN, FEATURE AND PROMOTION DESCRIPTIONS ARE IN SEPARATE DOCUMENTS, THEY ARE PART OF THIS AGREEMENT.
(b) If you take advantage of certain promotions or rebate offers (instant or otherwise), you may be required to select a particular Rate Plan or Service(s) for a certain period of time, or payment options to be eligible. Alternatively, you may be required to reimburse Cricket for such promotional offers if you fail to meet the commitments or restrictions applicable to such offers. Cricket may elect to collect the promotional or rebate benefit in any legal manner it elects.
5. Changes to Agreement or Rate Plan. We may change this Agreement, your Rate Plan, any fee for prepaid service, upgrade, enhancement, Regulatory Recovery Fee (see 9(c) below) and any applicable surcharge, tariff and tax at any time. Any changes to this Agreement are effective when we publish the revised terms and conditions or otherwise give you notice of such changes.
6. Safe Use and Important Emergency 9-1-1 Information.
(a) Always use your wireless device in a safe manner that does not create a risk to your safety or the safety of others around you. For example, it can be dangerous for you to engage in stressful or emotional conversations on your wireless device, send or receive text messages or otherwise become distracted while driving. Be aware of and comply with the laws that apply to you when you are driving. When possible, use a device that allows you to talk on your phone without holding it when you are driving.
(b) When making a 9-1-1 call, always state the nature of your emergency and provide both your location and phone number, as the operator may not automatically receive this information. Cricket is not responsible for failures to connect or complete 9-1-1 calls or if inaccurate location information is provided. 9-1-1 service may not be available or reliable and your ability to receive emergency services may be impeded. We may use a variety of information and methods to determine the location of a 9-1-1 call, including Global Positioning Satellites, our wireless network, or the street address you have provided us as your primary use location. Even with this information, an emergency operator may not be able to locate you in order to provide emergency services. Other third party entities are involved in connecting a 9-1-1 call and Cricket does not determine the public safety agency to which your 9-1-1 call is routed. If you are porting a phone number to or from us, we may not be able to provide you with some Services, such as 9-1-1 location services, while the port is being implemented. If you dial 9-1-1 while outside the U.S., 9-1-1 services may not be available.
7. Prohibited Uses.
(a) You must comply with all laws and regulations while using the Service. Among other prohibited uses, the Service may not be used (1) for telemarketing, commercial research, commercial data collection or transmission, sale or resale of Service or in the operation of any telephone-based business (for example, chat lines or fortune telling services); (2) for any fraudulent, illegal or abusive purpose, or in a manner that interferes or causes problems with the operation of Cricket's wireless system; or (3) continuously, with or without breaks, so as to create the functional equivalent of a telephone line dedicated to continuous use.
(b) You must use your wireless device predominantly within the Cricket owned network coverage area. We may limit, deny your continued use of the other carrier's network, change your rate plan or terminate your Service without notice if you no longer live and have a mailing address within a Cricket owned network coverage area or if more than 50% of your voice and/or data usage is on a Partner network for the previous billing cycle.
8. Wireless Devices, Numbers and E-mail Addresses. Cricket did not manufacture your wireless device and is not responsible for any defects or for the acts or omissions of the manufacturer. Your device may not accept services from other carriers. You do not have any rights to any number, e-mail address or other identifier we may assign to your device or account; you may not modify, change or transfer any of these except as we allow and as allowed for by law. In certain instances, you may transfer your number from another carrier to Cricket or from Cricket to another carrier.
9. Charges.
(a) You are responsible for paying all charges for Service, including the following: (1) recurring monthly charges for each monthly billing period in which you had or will have access to the Service for all or any portion of that billing period; (2) optional Service features or feature bundles selected by you and for which separate charges apply, including but not limited to long distance, directory assistance (411) calls, ringtones, ringback tones, videos and music; (3) charges for adding multiple phones to the same account; (4) any Service activation, reinstatement, reconnection, administrative, termination or other charges that may apply; (5) all third party charges that you have authorized; (6) all applicable taxes; and (7) regulatory charges, including regulatory charges imposed in connection with Cricket's provision of Service
(b) Various taxes, surcharges, fees, and other assessments are imposed by governments relating to the Service we provide to you, goods or services you purchase, and the wireless network and equipment used in providing the Service. We will determine, in our sole discretion, the taxes and other assessments that you are responsible to pay and the amounts of such charges.
(c) In addition to other charges, you may also be assessed a "Regulatory Recovery Fee", which is a charge created, assessed and collected by Cricket to help defray our costs for compliance with various regulatory requirements which may include, but are not limited to, the capability to provide wireless number portability, number pooling, universal service fees, and surcharges for state/local fees. This fee is not a tax or a government-required charge. In our discretion, we may change the amount of the Regulatory Recovery Fee.
(d) For Rate Plans that include per minute airtime access charges the length of your call will be rounded up to the nearest minute and applied against the Services you purchased. Charges for a completed call or data services from your wireless phone will begin when you press the SEND key and will end when either party ends the call.
(e) Certain parties besides Cricket have the ability use your FlexBucket for authorizing charges for premium services. You may access these premium services and authorize the charge through your phone or online account. Cricket also provides customers, at no additional cost, the ability to restrict the use of your Flex Bucket for premium and third-party services. Contact customer care or go to www.mycricket.com/support/topic/Flex-Bucket for more information.
10. Account Activity, Credit Verification and Release of Information.
(a) This Agreement shall be contingent upon our verification and approval of certain information about you, including billing information; we reserve the right to deny or limit the provision of Service on the basis of any information that we gather. We may take any action permitted by law that we believe is necessary to verify your identity, address, age, account activity or credit, and we may take that action at any time. We may require that you provide us with additional or updated information we reasonably need to determine if you qualify for Service, to manage the Service, or to determine if you are using the Service in accordance with this Agreement. If you do not provide us the information we request within the time period that we specify, we may choose not to start Service to you, or, if you are an existing customer, we may suspend or terminate Service to you. You warrant and represent that all information furnished to us by you is current, complete, accurate and true as of the time you provide it, and you will update it as necessary to keep it complete, accurate, and true. We may share information we gather about you as provided elsewhere in this Agreement and in our Privacy Policy which is available at our official website (www.mycricket.com).
(b) If you are an employer providing the Service to your employees, you agree to notify those employees that their use of the Service is subject to these Terms and Conditions.
11. Billing and Payment.
(a) Unless you are on a prepaid plan, monthly Service charges are generally billed in advance, and payment is due on or before the date due as stated in your bill. Monthly service periods are approximately thirty (30) days long. Your monthly service period and other dates related to your account may change from time to time. You may be required to pay a convenience/processing fee for some methods of payment or for the use of some payment locations. You must strictly comply with any and all requirements and conditions imposed by Cricket under any such agreement or arrangement and the terms, conditions, duration and frequency of such agreements or arrangements shall remain at Cricket's sole discretion.
(b) You may authorize recurring payment of your Cricket bill by credit card ("Credit Card"); this authorizes us to charge all amounts you owe us to the Credit Card up to seven (7) days prior to the due date and to demand immediate payment from the card issuer. Unless required by law, we will not have to give any additional notice to you or obtain additional consent from you before billing that Credit Card for Service each month. You must promptly notify us of any change in your billing address or the Credit Card you want to use for payment. You may also pay your Cricket bill (1) by mailing a check or money order to us; (2) in person at any Cricket authorized payment center; (3) over the phone; or (4) at our official website (www.mycricket.com). You may have to pay an additional convenience/processing fee, depending on the payment method you choose. In addition, we may charge an additional fee up to the maximum amount permitted by law for any check or other negotiable instrument tendered by you and returned unpaid by a financial institution for any reason. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to require that you pay your Cricket bill with cash, certified check, cashier's check or money order.
(c) By paying any amount to Cricket via a checking or other bank deposit account, you authorize Cricket to initiate a debit entry to the designated bank account in the amount that you (or your representative designate during the call) and you confirm to Cricket that you are duly authorized on the applicable bank account. The debit generally occurs on or after two (2) banking days from your authorization call. You agree that the code to authorize such payments shall be the same as your Cricket phone or other Cricket account number.
(d) Your payment will be considered late if we do not receive it before the first day of the monthly service period for which the payment is due. If you do not make all payments when they are due, you will be in default under this Agreement, and we will be entitled to exercise any rights we may have under this Agreement, including the suspension or termination of Service to you. If we accept a late or partial payment, even if you mark the payment "paid in full", we do not waive our rights to suspend or terminate your Service or any other rights we may have. If your Service is terminated and you promptly pay amounts that are overdue, we may, in our sole discretion, reinstate/reconnect your Service after you have paid any reconnection/reinstatement fees we have imposed. If we have to take action beyond billing you in order to collect payment, you will be required to pay our reasonable costs and expenses of collection, including attorney's fees, court costs, and the fees of any collection agency to the extent permitted by law. If we bill and collect amounts for any third party service provider, we will allocate payments we receive from you first to amounts due to Cricket. We will then allocate any remaining payment to amounts due to such third party service providers. You have the right to dispute charges on your bill, but you must notify us of the dispute within sixty (60) days after the billing date or you waive any claim you may have had. Even if you have a dispute with us, you have to pay all charges on time until the dispute is resolved.
(e) AMOUNTS PAID FOR SERVICE CHARGES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE. IF YOUR SERVICE IS TERMINATED FOR ANY REASON AND YOU HAVE A POSITIVE BALANCE IN YOUR SERVICE ACCOUNT OR FLEX BUCKET SERVICES ACCOUNT, YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE ANY REFUND.
12. Termination.
(a) We may terminate or suspend your Service at any time and for any reason without liability. If you breach any portion of this Agreement (including failing to pay your bill in full on time) or any applicable tariff, we may suspend or terminate your Service. We are not required to provide you with any notification before suspending or terminating your Service. If you promptly pay amounts that are overdue or cure any other breach of this Agreement, Cricket, in its sole discretion, may reconnect/reinstate your Service after you have paid any reconnection/reinstatement fees we have imposed.
(b) In addition, you may terminate Service at any time by notifying a Cricket customer service representative. IF THIS AGREEMENT TERMINATES FOR ANY REASON, YOU WILL NO LONGER BE ENTITLED TO ACCESS ANY OF OUR SERVICES (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMTIED TO FLEX BUCKET SERVICES) AND YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE ANY REFUND OF ANY PAYMENTS YOU HAVE MADE TO US FOR MONTHLY SERVICE, UPGRADES, ENHANCEMENTS, FEES, FOR ANY OTHER PREPAID SERVICE, OR FOR ANY OTHER REASON.
13. Numbers.
(a) We will assign a phone number (the "Number") to your wireless device. You do not own the Number or any other personal identification number ("PIN") assigned to you or that you may use in connection with your Service. We can change, reassign or eliminate any Number or PIN by giving you notice. If your account is deactivated, we can reassign the Number without giving you any notice. You may not assign the Number to any wireless device or other equipment except as approved by us or otherwise required by law.
(b) Please note that your name and Number may be displayed on the phone of a person you call if that person uses caller identification. We provide a no-cost methods to block and un-block the display of your name and Number. Your telephone number and location may also be transmitted to public safety officials if you dial 911 or other emergency service numbers. Your name and number for most calls can be blocked on a call-by-call basis by dialing *67 before the telephone area code and number.
(c) In order to "port" or keep your telephone number when you change telephone service providers you must have an active account with Cricket. You may be required to purchase a new wireless phone or other equipment in order to change service to or from Cricket service and you may be without service for some period of time. Cricket may charge a fee to reimburse Cricket for the costs Cricket incurs to meet the equipment, technology and infrastructure requirements necessary to enable number porting. Cricket may also charge a fee to reimburse it for the cost it incurs to perform a port.
(a) DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY; WIRELESS DEVICES AND RELATED EQUIPMENT. CRICKET DOES NOT MANUFACTURE WIRELESS DEVICES OR RELATED ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT. YOUR WIRELESS DEVICE AND RELATED ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT COME WITH A SEPARATE WRITTEN WARRANTY FROM THE MANUFACTURER. STATEMENTS BY CRICKET OR CRICKET EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS REGARDING THE WIRELESS DEVICE OR RELATED ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT SHOULD NOT BE INTERPRETED AS A WARRANTY BY CRICKET. CRICKET MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ABOUT THE SERVICE(S), APPLICATIONS, YOUR WIRELESS DEVICE OR ANY RELATED EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL CRICKET BE LIABLE FOR ACTUAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, TREBLE, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST REVENUES, LOST PROFITS, OR OTHER LOSS BY YOU) ARISING FROM THE MANUFACTURE OR WARRANTY OF THE WIRELESS DEVICE OR RELATED ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT. THIS DISCLAIMER DOES NOT DEPRIVE YOU OF ANY RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE AGAINST THE MANUFACTURER. WITHOUT LIMITATION, CRICKET WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU IN CONNECTION WITH (1) THE MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY, (2) ANY ACTIONS OR OMISSIONS OF THE MANUFACTURER, OR (3) ANY MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF THE WIRELESS DEVICE OR RELATED ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT.
(b) DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY; SERVICES. CRICKET AND ITS VENDORS AND SUPPLIERS ("CRICKET PARTIES") MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TO YOU IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE. THE CRICKET PARTIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, TREBLE, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST REVENUES, LOST PROFITS, OR OTHER LOSS BY YOU) TO THE FULL EXTENT THE SAME MAY BE DISCLAIMED BY LAW. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS WILL OCCUR FROM TIME TO TIME AND AGREE TO HOLD THE CRICKET PARTIES HARMLESS FOR ALL SUCH INTERRUPTIONS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE CRICKET PARTIES BE LIABLE FOR ECONOMIC LOSS, PERSONAL INJURIES, OR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUSTAINED BY YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY ARISING FROM USE OF THE SERVICE OR THIS AGREEMENT.
(c) Applications use up memory on your Cricket phone and each phone can only store a limited number of Applications. If you do not have sufficient memory available, you may not be able to download and/or save the Application that you order. Please consult the user manual for your phone to determine the amount of memory required to download the Application you want to purchase, how to delete material or otherwise free up memory on your phone and other information regarding the download, saving and use of Applications.
15. TTY. TTY (also known as TDD or Text Telephone) is a telecommunications device that allows people who are deaf, hard of hearing or who have speech or language disabilities to communicate by telephone. If you have a digital wireless phone that is TTY-compatible, it is possible to make calls, including 911 calls, with a TTY. If you have questions concerning the use of your wireless phone, please contact us toll free at 1-800-CRICKET.
16. Lost or Stolen Wireless Device; Handset Protection Plan.
(a) Upon your acceptance of delivery of your wireless device, all risk of loss, damage, theft, or destruction of your device is borne by you. In the event of any loss, damage, theft, or destruction of your phone, in whole or in part, you are responsible for purchasing a replacement device from Cricket at your expense, and you remain responsible for your obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, your responsibility for the payment of Service charges.
(b) Cricket offers optional device replacement plan coverage for an additional charge. If you selected or are provided with coverage under the device replacement plan, please note that it is provided and administered by a third party, not Cricket.
17. Limitations of Liability.
(a) YOU AND WE ARE WAIVING IMPORTANT RIGHTS IN THIS SECTION TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW.
(b) UNLESS THE LAW FORBIDS IT IN ANY PARTICULAR CASE, YOU AGREE TO LIMIT CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES OR OTHER MONETARY RELIEF AGAINST CRICKET AND ITS VENDORS AND SUPPLIERS TO THE LESSER OF: (A) YOUR DIRECT DAMAGES OR (B) ONE MONTH'S SERVICE CHARGES. THIS LIMITATION AND WAIVER WILL APPLY REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER FRAUD, MISREPRESENTATION, BREACH OF CONTRACT, PERSONAL INJURY, NEGLIGENCE, PRODUCTS LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER THEORY. ADDITIONALLY, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ARE WE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR SPECIAL DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO PROVIDING OR FAILING TO PROVIDE SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH A DEVICE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, OR COST OF REPLACEMENT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.
(c) By using the Service(s), you agree that the remedies provided under this Agreement are exclusive, and you waive your right to any other remedies that may be available to you at law or in equity.
18. Notices and Contact.
(a) Cricket reserves the right to provide notice to you by telephone, short message service, multimedia message service, instant message or voicemail service to the extent permitted by applicable law. Any such notice will be treated as provided to you when left with you, on your phone, or on your answering/voicemail service. Any notice that Cricket mails to you will be deemed provided to you, to the extent permitted by applicable law, when Cricket deposits the notice into the United States mail addressed to you at your last known address as shown in our billing records. You must notify us of any address changes. Failure to notify us of a change in your address constitutes a breach of this Agreement and possible grounds for suspension or termination of your Service. Your notice to us shall be deemed given when received at: Cricket, P.O. Box 349067, Columbus, Ohio 43234-9067 and must include your name, billing address and Cricket telephone number.
(b) Cricket may provide a telephone number to its customers as a means to contact Cricket. Cricket may limit or prohibit your access to that number if Cricket deems it necessary to prevent abuse of the customer service phone lines that may cause delayed response to calls, prevent calls from reaching Cricket, cause problems with the system, or otherwise damage Cricket or its customers.
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Internet site lets you discover if your community is preparing for Y2K issues Starting Sept. 1, South Dakotans can judge for themselves whether their communities are ready for potential Year 2000 computer and technology problems.
A special Internet site, possibly the only one of its kind in the nation, became available for public use on Sept. 1.
It features a map of South Dakota. Users can click on any county or any community and see lists of the local providers of essential services. Those lists show whether the providers responded to a state government survey on their Y2K preparations and what the providers report they have done to prepare for the date change.
More than 3,000 of the six-question surveys were sent to providers of electricity and natural gas, law enforcement, fire protection, telephone, water and sewer, local government, financial institutions, medical care and emergency management.
The state Bureau of Information and Telecommunications, which designed and maintains the web site, received responses from 47.7 percent of the providers. The remainder who didn't return completed surveys will be listed on the web site as "failed to respond."
"Of the approximately 1,500 who have responded, nearly all reported they have identified and addressed any Y2K problems they found. That part of the survey process was very encouraging," Otto Doll, chief information officer for state government, said.
"The whole idea behind the web site was that Gov. Janklow wanted state government to provide the public with information so they can better determine for themselves their own level of comfort about Y2K in their own communities. If service providers haven't responded in their communities, now they can start asking more questions if they have concerns," Doll said.
The web site address for the Y2K readiness map of South Dakota is http://www.state
Plans also call for making the Y2K readiness information available to non-computer users. Doll said paper copies of the report will be sent to public libraries and other community centers throughout South Dakota.
A toll-free state Y2K hotline is also available for the public to call to ask questions about Y2K computer issues. The number to call is 1-800-453-7235. The line is staffed 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central time, Monday through Friday.
The Governor's Task Force also has a Y2K information booth at the State Fair in Huron, running this week through Labor Day.
In the responses to the survey, financial institutions such as banks, credit unions and savings and loans led the way with 76 percent responding to the survey.
The electricity and natural gas utilities were second at 74 percent. Others included law enforcement 59.3 percent, fire protection 32.8 percent, telephone 57.4 percent, water and sewer 36.8 percent, medical and health care 42.4 percent and local government 39.2 percent.


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©Copyright 1993 by the Regents of the University of California
For up-to-date information about California vascular plants, visit the Jepson eFlora.
Shrubs, deciduous or evergreen, aromatic
Leaves simple, entire, opposite, short-petioled
Inflorescence: flowers solitary, terminal on bracted branches
Flower bisexual, radial, large; bracts grading into perianth; perianth parts many, spirally arrayed; stamens many, attached by short filaments to receptacle, becoming smaller and sterile inward; pistils many, simple, attached to inner face of hollow receptacle, ovules 12 per pistil, style thread-like, exserted from receptacle
Fruit: aggregate of achenes inside ± leathery receptacle
Genera in family: 3 genera, ± 6 species: North America, China; Calycanthus, Chimonanthus cultivated as ornamental and for fragrance.
Shrub, deciduous
Flower: perianth reddish brown, inner parts shorter; stamens in several whorls
Species in genus: 2 species: CA, eastern US
Etymology: (Greek: calyx flower, from hollow receptacle)
Shrub erect, 13+ m, ± rounded
Leaf: petiole 46 mm; blade 315 cm, widely lanceolate to elliptic or oblong, firm, base generally rounded (or cordate), tip acute, lower surface hairy, upper surface scabrous
Flower ± 5 cm diam; perianth ± fleshy, hairy; inner sterile stamens shaggy-hairy
Fruit: hollow receptacle ovoid; outer surface with distinctive scars of perianth parts; included achenes many, ± velvety, margins granular
Chromosomes: n=11
Ecology: Moist, shady places, canyons, streamsides
Elevation: generally < 1500 m.
Bioregional distribution: s Outer North Coast Ranges, Inner North Coast Ranges, s Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada Foothills, c&s High Sierra Nevada, apparently naturalized in n Peninsular Ranges (Palomar Mtns)
Horticultural information: 4, 5, 6, 17 &IRR: 1, 2, 3, 7, 14, 15, 16, 22, 23, 24 &part SHD: 8, 9, 10, 11, 18, 19, 20, 21.
|YOU CAN HELP US make sure that our distributional information is correct and current. If you know that a plant occurs in a wild, reproducing state in a Jepson bioregion NOT highlighted on the map, please contact us with that information. Please realize that we cannot incorporate range extensions without access to a voucher specimen, which should (ultimately) be deposited in an herbarium. You can send the pressed, dried collection (with complete locality information indicated) to us (e-mail us for details) or refer us to an accessioned herbarium specimen. Non-occurrence of a plant in an indicated area is difficult to document, but we will especially value your input on those types of possible errors (see automatic conversion of distribution data to maps).


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Extension > Agriculture > Crops > Sugarbeets
Fertilizing sugarbeet in Minnesota and North Dakota
Optimum sugarbeet production in Minnesota and North Dakota relies on a sound soil fertility program. A sound fertilizer program can enhance the quality of the sugarbeet.
Annual sugarbeet production guide
Overview of sugarbeet production information: fertilizing sugarbeet, row widths and plant populations, seeding, crop protection chemicals, and crop records
Comparison of Cercospora and bacterial leaf spots on sugarbeet
Photographic overview covering sources and spread of inoculum, conditions for disease, disease management (443 K PDF) – University of Minnesota Extension and North Dakota State University Extension Service
Minnesota Crop News
- 4/14 Diversification Tools for Effective, Long-term Weed Management
Does glyphosate perform as well today as it did when you first used it? When producers were asked this question at University of Minnesota Private Pesticide Applicator Training sessions ...
- 4/11 Sauk Centre Hay Auction Summary April 3, 2014
Summary of Sauk Centre Hay Auction with load divided based on type and quality, posted by Extension Educator Dan Martens
- 4/9 U of MN Extension Launches Crops YouTube Video Site
University of Minnesota Extension has recently launched a U of MN Extension Crops YouTube video site. It can be accessed through the newly updated U of MN Extension Crops webpage ...


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iTunesU Requests
Siena has a site on iTunesU as a place for faculty to put video and audio files and make them available to their students.
Faculty members need to request an account and, for legal reasons, sign a sheet giving assurances spelling out liability.
The sheet is available online. Sign it and send it to Chuck Rothman at ITS.
To log on to iTunesU, you will need to have iTunes installed on your computer. Contact ITS for details.
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I've been listening to MLP:FIM background music lately, and they're quite fun to listen to.
But so far I haven't been able to find the background music for Swarm of the Century. The part with the violins that play when the parasprites are causing problems. Whenever I look, all I'm get is Pinkie's Parasprite Polka. Which isn't what I want.
Which is sad because the violin background music in that episode is really fun, but I may not want to bring up the whole episode just to listen to it.


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Posted on: Wed 29 Aug 2012
Supporters who were at our final US tour game against AC Milan in Miami on Saturday can now tag themselves on a special 360-degree photo of the stadium.
The image from inside the Sun Life Stadium when we played there on Saturday can be viewed via this link, so why not find where you were sat and tag yourself before sharing it via Facebook or Twitter?
Fans who were at our games in Seattle or New York can also tag themselves at those matches by following the same link.


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Ulysses S. Grant (27 April 1822 – 23 July 1885), born Hiram Ulysses Grant, was the Commanding General of Union Army during the American Civil War and the 18th President of the United States.
- My lord, I have heard that your father was a military man. Was that the case?
- To Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington, son of Field Marshall Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, as quoted in Handy-book of Literary Curiosities (1892) by William Shepard Walsh, p. 511.
- Though I have been trained as a soldier, and participated in many battles, there never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword. I look forward to an epoch when a court, recognized by all nations, will settle international differences, instead of keeping large standing armies as they do in Europe.
- As quoted in "International Arbitration" by W. H. Dellenback in The Commencement Annual, University of Michigan (30 June 1892) and in A Half Century of International Problems: A Lawyer's Views (1954) by Frederic René Coudert, p. 180.
- I don't underrate the value of military knowledge, but if men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
- As quoted in A History of Militarism: Romance and Realities of a Profession (1937) by Alfred Vagts, p. 27.
- I know only two tunes: one of them is 'Yankee Doodle', and the other one isn't.
- As quoted in Our Contemporary Composers: American Music in the Twentieth Century (1941) by John Tasker Howard, Arthur Mendel, p. 244.
- The will of the people is the best law.
- As quoted in The Lonely Quest: The Evolution of Presidential Leadership (1966) by Robert Rienow, Leona Train Rienow, p. 209.
- Oh, I am heartily tired of hearing about what Lee is going to do. Some of you always seem to think he is suddenly going to turn a double somersault, and land in our rear and on both of our flanks at the same time. Go back to your command, and try to think what we are going to do ourselves, instead of what Lee is going to do.
- Quoted by General Horace Porter in Campaigning with Grant, The Century Magazine (December, 1896).
- The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.
- Statement to John Hill Brinton, at the start of his Tennessee River Campaign, early 1862, as quoted in Personal Memoirs of John H. Brinton, Major and Surgeon U.S.V., 1861-1865 (1914) by John Hill Brinton, p. 239.
- No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
- To General S.B. Buckner, Fort Donelson (16 February 1862).
- I have long since believed that in spite of all the vigilance that can be infused into post commanders, the special regulations of the Treasury Department have been violated, and that mostly by Jews and other unprincipled traders. So well satisfied have I been of this that I instructed the commanding officers at Columbus to refuse all permits to Jews to come South, and I have frequently had them expelled from the department, but they come in with their carpet-sacks in spite of all that can be done to prevent it. The Jews seem to be a privileged class that can travel anywhere. They will land at any woodyard on the river and make their way through the country. If not permitted to buy cotton themselves, they will act as agents for someone else, who will be at military post with a Treasury permit to receive cotton and pay for it in Treasury notes which the Jew will buy up at an agreed rate, paying gold.
- Letter to C. P. Wolcott, Assistant Secretary of War, Washington (17 December 1862).
- I. The Jews, as a class, violating every regulation of trade established by the Treasury Department, and also Department orders, are hereby expelled from the Department.
II. Within twenty-four hours from the receipt of this order by Post Commanders, they will see that all of this class of people are furnished with passes and required to leave, and any one returning after such notification, will be arrested and held in confinement until an opportunity occurs of sending them out as prisoners unless furnished with permits from these Head Quarters.
III. No permits will be given these people to visit Head Quarters for the purpose of making personal application for trade permits.
- General Order Number 11 (17 December 1862); Abraham Lincoln on learning of this order drafted a note to his General-in-Chief of the Army, Henry Wager Halleck instructing him to rescind it. Halleck wrote to Grant:
- It may be proper to give you some explanation of the revocation of your order expelling all Jews from your Dept. The President has no objection to your expelling traders & Jew pedlars, which I suppose was the object of your order, but as it in terms prescribed an entire religious class, some of whom are fighting in our ranks, the President deemed it necessary to revoke it.
- God gave us Lincoln and Liberty, let us fight for both.
- A toast made by Grant before his operations in the Vicksburg Campaign, (22 February 1863); as quoted in A Popular and Authentic Life of Ulysses S. Grant (1868) by Edward Deering Mansfield
- I propose to fight it out on this line, if it takes all summer.
- Dispatch to Washington, during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (11 May 1864).
- Wherever the enemy goes let our troops go also.
- Dispatch to General Henry W. Halleck from City Point, Virginia (1 August 1864).
- I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of N. Va. on the following terms, to wit: Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate. One copy to be given to an officer designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate. The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged, and each company or regimental commander sign a like parole for the men of their commands. The arms, artillery and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officer appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage. This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to their homes, not to be disturbed by United States authority so long as they observe their paroles and the laws in force where they may reside.
- Terms of surrender, given to General Robert E. Lee after the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse (9 April 1865).
- The war is over — the rebels are our countrymen again.
- Upon stopping his men from cheering after Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House (9 April 1865).
- I rise only to say that I do not intend to say anything. I thank you for your hearty welcomes and good cheers.
- Grant's "perfect speech" which he used on several occasions beginning in 1865, as quoted in Grant: A Biography (1982) by William S. McFeely, p. 234.
- Let us have peace.
- Accepting the Republican nomination for presidency (29 May 1868).
First Inaugural Address (1869)Edit
- Laws are to govern all alike — those opposed as well as those who favor them. I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.
- In regard to foreign policy, I would deal with nations as equitable law requires individuals to deal with each other, and I would protect the law-abiding citizen, whether of native or foreign birth, wherever his rights are jeopardized or the flag of our country floats. I would respect the rights of all nations, demanding equal respect for our own. If others depart from this rule in their dealings with us, we may be compelled to follow their precedent.
First State of the Union Address (1869)Edit
- As the United States is the freest of all nations, so, too, its people sympathize with all people struggling for liberty and self-government; but while so sympathizing it is due to our honor that we should abstain from enforcing our views upon unwilling nations and from taking an interested part, without invitation, in the quarrels between different nations or between governments and their subjects. Our course should always be in conformity with strict justice and law, international and local.
- In conformity with the recommendation of Congress, a proposition was early made to the British Government to abolish the mixed courts created under the treaty of April 7, 1862, for the suppression of the slave trade. The subject is still under negotiation.
- Through the agency of a more enlightened policy than that heretofore pursued toward China, largely due to the sagacity and efforts of one of our own distinguished citizens, the world is about to commence largely increased relations with that populous and hitherto exclusive nation. As the United States have been the initiators in this new policy, so they should be the most earnest in showing their good faith in making it a success. In this connection I advise such legislation as will forever preclude the enslavement of the Chinese upon our soil under the name of coolies, and also prevent American vessels from engaging in the transportation of coolies to any country tolerating the system. I also recommend that the mission to China be raised to one of the first class.
- You can violate the law. The banks may violate the law and be sustained in doing so. But the President of the United States cannot violate the law.
- Reply to brokers who urged him to lend $44 million from the U.S. Treasury reserve to banks. Harper's Weekly (11 October 1873).
- Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal considerations should stand in the way of performing a public duty.
- Endorsement of a letter relating to the Whiskey Ring (29 July 1875).
- Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and the State forever separate.
- Speech at Des Moines, Iowa (1875).
- Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately you occasionally find men disgrace labor.
- Speech at Midland International Arbitration Union, Birmingham, England (1877).
Second State of the Union Address (1870)Edit
- San Domingo, with a stable government, under which her immense resources can be developed, will give remunerative wages to tens of thousands of laborers not now upon the island. This labor will take advantage of every available means of transportation to abandon the adjacent islands and seek the blessings of freedom and its sequence—each inhabitant receiving the reward of his own labor. Porto Rico and Cuba will have to abolish slavery, as a measure of self-preservation, to retain their laborers.
- The acquisition of San Domingo is an adherence to the 'Monroe doctrine'; it is a measure of national protection; it is asserting our just claim to a controlling influence over the great commercial traffic soon to flow from west to east by way of the Isthmus of Darien; it is to build up our merchant marine; it is to furnish new markets for the products of our farms, shops, and manufactories; it is to make slavery insupportable in Cuba and Porto Rico at once, and ultimately so in Brazil; it is to settle the unhappy condition of Cuba and end an exterminating conflict; it is to provide honest means of paying our honest debts without overtaxing the people; it is to furnish our citizens with the necessaries of everyday life at cheaper rates than ever before; and it is, in fine, a rapid stride toward that greatness which the intelligence, industry, and enterprise of the citizens of the United States entitle this country to assume among nations.
- Since the adjournment of Congress the ratifications of the treaty with Great Britain for abolishing the mixed courts for the suppression of the slave trade have been exchanged. It is believed that the slave trade is now confined to the eastern coast of Africa, whence the slaves are taken to Arabian markets.
Third State of the Union Address (1871)Edit
- It is a subject for congratulation that the great Empire of Brazil has taken the initiatory step toward the abolition of slavery. Our relations with that Empire, always cordial, will naturally be made more so by this act. It is not too much to hope that the Government of Brazil may hereafter find it for its interest, as well as intrinsically right, to advance toward entire emancipation more rapidly than the present act contemplates.
- It is a subject for regret that the reforms in this direction which were voluntarily promised by the statesmen of Spain have not been carried out in its West India colonies. The laws and regulations for the apparent abolition of slavery in Cuba and Porto Rico leave most of the laborers in bondage, with no hope of release until their lives become a burden to their employers.
- I desire to direct your attention to the fact that citizens of the United States, or persons claiming to be citizens of the United States, are large holders in foreign lands of this species of property, forbidden by the fundamental law of their alleged country. I recommend to Congress to provide by stringent legislation a suitable remedy against the holding, owning or dealing in slaves, or being interested in slave property, in foreign lands, either as owners, hirers, or mortgagors, by citizens of the United States.
Fourth State of the Union Address (1872)Edit
- I can not doubt that the continued maintenance of slavery in Cuba is among the strongest inducements to the continuance of this strife. A terrible wrong is the natural cause of a terrible evil. The abolition of slavery and the introduction of other reforms in the administration of government in Cuba could not fail to advance the restoration of peace and order. It is greatly to be hoped that the present liberal Government of Spain will voluntarily adopt this view.
- Deeply impressed with the conviction that the continuance of slavery is one of the most active causes of the continuance of the unhappy condition in Cuba, I regret to believe that citizens of the United States, or those claiming to be such, are large holders in Cuba of what is there claimed as property, but which is forbidden and denounced by the laws of the United States. They are thus, in defiance of the spirit of our own laws, contributing to the continuance of this distressing and sickening contest. In my last annual message I referred to this subject, and I again recommend such legislation as may be proper to denounce, and, if not prevent, at least to discourage American citizens from holding or dealing in slaves.
Second Inaugural Address (1873)Edit
- The subject of acquisition of territory must have the support of the people before I will recommend any proposition looking to such acquisition. I say here, however, that I do not share in the apprehension held by many as to the danger of governments becoming weakened and destroyed by reason of their extension of territory. Commerce, education, and rapid transit of thought and matter by telegraph and steam have changed all this. Rather do I believe that our Great Maker is preparing the world, in His own good time, to become one nation, speaking one language, and when armies and navies will be no longer required.
- The effects of the late civil strife have been to free the slave and make him a citizen. Yet he is not possessed of the civil rights which citizenship should carry with it. This is wrong, and should be corrected. To this correction I stand committed, so far as Executive influence can avail.
Fifth State of the Union Address (1873)Edit
- The existence of this new Republic was inaugurated by striking the fetters from the slaves in Porto Rico. This beneficent measure was followed by the release of several thousand persons illegally held as slaves in Cuba. Next, the Captain-General of that colony was deprived of the power to set aside the orders of his superiors at Madrid, which had pertained to the office since 1825. The sequestered estates of American citizens, which had been the cause of long and fruitless correspondence, were ordered to be restored to their owners. All these liberal steps were taken in the face of a violent opposition directed by the reactionary slave-holders of Havana, who are vainly striving to stay the march of ideas which has terminated slavery in Christendom, Cuba only excepted. Unhappily, however, this baneful influence has thus far succeeded in defeating the efforts of all liberal-minded men in Spain to abolish slavery in Cuba, and in preventing the promised reform in that island. The struggle for political supremacy continues there.
- The proslavery and aristocratic party in Cuba is gradually arraigning itself in more and more open hostility and defiance of the home government, while it still maintains a political connection with the Republic in the peninsula; and although usurping and defying the authority of the home government whenever such usurpation or defiance tends in the direction of oppression or of the maintenance of abuses, it is still a power in Madrid, and is recognized by the Government. Thus an element more dangerous to continued colonial relations between Cuba and Spain than that which inspired the insurrection at Yara—an element opposed to granting any relief from misrule and abuse, with no aspirations after freedom, commanding no sympathies in generous breasts, aiming to rivet still stronger the shackles of slavery and oppression—has seized many of the emblems of power in Cuba, and, under professions of loyalty to the mother country, is exhausting the resources of the island, and is doing acts which are at variance with those principles of justice, of liberality, and of right which give nobility of character to a republic. In the interests of humanity, of civilization, and of progress, it is to be hoped that this evil influence may be soon averted.
- In taking leave of this subject for the present I wish to renew the expression of my conviction that the existence of African slavery in Cuba is a principal cause of the lamentable condition of the island. I do not doubt that Congress shares with me the hope that it will soon be made to disappear, and that peace and prosperity may follow its abolition.
Sixth State of the Union Address (1874)Edit
- Under existing conditions the negro votes the Republican ticket because he knows his friends are of that party. Many a good citizen votes the opposite, not because he agrees with the great principles of state which separate parties, but because, generally, he is opposed to negro rule. This is a most delusive cry. Treat the negro as a citizen and a voter, as he is and must remain, and soon parties will be divided, not on the color line, but on principle. Then we shall have no complaint of sectional interference.
Seventh State of the Union Address (1875)Edit
- Our liberties remain unimpaired; the bondmen have been freed from slavery; we have become possessed of the respect, if not the friendship, of all civilized nations. Our progress has been great in all the arts—in science, agriculture, commerce, navigation, mining, mechanics, law, medicine, etc.; and in general education the progress is likewise encouraging. Our thirteen States have become thirty-eight, including Colorado (which has taken the initiatory steps to become a State), and eight Territories, including the Indian Territory and Alaska, and excluding Colorado, making a territory extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific. On the south we have extended to the Gulf of Mexico, and in the west from the Mississippi to the Pacific.
- I am happy to announce the passage of an act by the General Cortes of Portugal, proclaimed since the adjournment of Congress, for the abolition of servitude in the Portuguese colonies. It is to be hoped that such legislation may be another step toward the great consummation to be reached, when no man shall be permitted, directly or indirectly, under any guise, excuse, or form of law, to hold his fellow-man in bondage. I am of opinion also that it is the duty of the United States, as contributing toward that end, and required by the spirit of the age in which we live, to provide by suitable legislation that no citizen of the United States shall hold slaves as property in any other country or be interested therein.
Eighth State of the Union Address (1876)Edit
- I leave comparisons to history, claiming only that I have acted in every instance from a conscientious desire to do what was right, constitutional, within the law, and for the very best interests of the whole people. Failures have been errors of judgment, not of intent.
- This has sometimes been paraphrased: "My failures have been errors of judgment, not of intent".
- It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training. From the age of 17 I had never even witnessed the excitement attending a Presidential campaign but twice antecedent to my own candidacy, and at but one of them was I eligible as a voter.
Under such circumstances it is but reasonable to suppose that errors of judgment must have occurred. Even had they not, differences of opinion between the Executive, bound by an oath to the strict performance of his duties, and writers and debaters must have arisen. It is not necessarily evidence of blunder on the part of the Executive because there are these differences of views. Mistakes have been made, as all can see and I admit...
- The intervening time to my first inauguration was filled up with wranglings between Congress and the new Executive as to the best mode of "reconstruction," or, to speak plainly, as to whether the control of the Government should be thrown immediately into the hands of those who had so recently and persistently tried to destroy it, or whether the victors should continue to have an equal voice with them in this control. Reconstruction, as finally agreed upon, means this and only this, except that the late slave was enfranchised, giving an increase, as was supposed, to the Union-loving and Union-supporting votes. If free in the full sense of the word, they would not disappoint this expectation. Hence at the beginning of my first Administration the work of reconstruction, much embarrassed by the long delay, virtually commenced. It was the work of the legislative branch of the Government.
- Santo Domingo is fertile, and upon its soil may be grown just those tropical products of which the United States use so much, and which are produced or prepared for market now by slave labor almost exclusively, namely, sugar, coffee, dyewoods, mahogany, tropical fruits, tobacco, etc. About 75 per cent of the exports of Cuba are consumed in the United States. A large percentage of the exports of Brazil also find the same market. These are paid for almost exclusively in coin, legislation, particularly in Cuba, being unfavorable to a mutual exchange of the products of each country.
Around the World with General Grant (1879)Edit
- I never wanted to get out of a place as much as I did to get out of the presidency.
- As quoted in Around the World with General Grant Vol. 2 (1879) by John Russell Young
- As soon as slavery fired upon the flag it was felt, we all felt, even those who did not object to slaves, that slavery must be destroyed. We felt that it was a stain to the Union that men should be bought and sold like cattle.
- To Otto von Bismarck in June 1878, as quoted in Young, John Russell (1879). Around the World with General Grant. 7. New York: The American News Company. p. 416.
- There had to be an end of slavery. Then we were fighting an enemy with whom we could not make a peace. We had to destroy him. No convention, no treaty was possible – only destruction.
- To Otto von Bismarck in June 1878, as quoted in Young, John Russell (1879). Around the World with General Grant. 7. New York: The American News Company. p. 417.
- They fell upon an ungenial climate, where there were nine months of winter and three months of cold weather, and that called out the best energies of the men, and of the women too, to get a mere subsistence out of the soil, with such a climate. In their efforts to do that they cultivated industry and frugality at the same time — which is the real foundation of the greatness of the Pilgrims.
- On the Pilgrims, in a speech at a New England Society Dinner (22 December 1880).
- There is nothing more I should do to it now, and therefore I am not likely to be more ready to go than at this moment.
- Note about his Memoirs about a week before he died, as quoted in Famous Last Words (2001) by Alan Bisbort, p. 30.
- Water.
- Last words, to his nurse, as reported in The New York Times (24 July 1885).
- Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace.
- Speech in London, as quoted in Memorial Life of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (1889) Edited by y Stephen Merrill Allen, p. 95.
Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Grant (1885)Edit
- The Southern rebellion was largely the outgrowth of the Mexican war. Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions. We got our punishment in the most sanguinary and expensive war of modern times.
- Ch. 3.
- The right of revolution is an inherent one. When people are oppressed by their government, it is a natural right they enjoy to relieve themselves of the oppression, if they are strong enough, either by withdrawal from it, or by overthrowing it and substituting a government more acceptable. But any people or part of a people who resort to this remedy, stake their lives, their property, and every claim for protection given by citizenship — on the issue. Victory, or the conditions imposed by the conqueror — must be the result.
- Ch. 16.
- It is preposterous to suppose that the people of one generation can lay down the best and only rules of government for all who are to come after them, and under unforeseen contingencies.
- Ch. 16.
- As we approached the brow of the hill from which it was expected we could see Harris' camp, and possibly find his men ready formed to meet us, my heart kept getting higher and higher until it felt to me as though it was in my throat. I would have given anything then to have been back in Illinois, but I had not the moral courage to halt and consider what to do; I kept right on. When we reached a point from which the valley below was in full view I halted. The place where Harris had been encamped a few days before was still there and the marks of a recent encampment were plainly visible, but the troops were gone. My heart resumed its place. It occurred to me at once that Harris had been as much afraid of me as I had been of him. This was a view of the question I had never taken before; but it was one I never forgot afterwards. From that event to the close of the war, I never experienced trepidation upon confronting an enemy, though I always felt more or less anxiety. I never forgot that he had as much reason to fear my forces as I had his. The lesson was valuable.
- Account of his effort as Colonel of the 21st Infantry of Illinois, to engage Confederate Colonel Thomas Harris in northern Missouri Ch. 18.
- Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true.
- Ch. 67.
- I had known General Lee in the old army, and had served with him in the Mexican War; but did not suppose, owing to the difference in our age and rank, that he would remember me, while I would more naturally remember him distinctly, because he was the chief of staff of General Scott in the Mexican War.
When I had left camp that morning I had not expected so soon the result that was then taking place, and consequently was in rough garb. I was without a sword, as I usually was when on horseback on the field, and wore a soldier's blouse for a coat, with the shoulder straps of my rank to indicate to the army who I was. When I went into the house I found General Lee. We greeted each other, and after shaking hands took our seats. I had my staff with me, a good portion of whom were in the room during the whole of the interview.
What General Lee's feelings were I do not know. As he was a man of much dignity, with an impassible face, it was impossible to say whether he felt inwardly glad that the end had finally come, or felt sad over the result, and was too manly to show it. Whatever his feelings, they were entirely concealed from my observation; but my own feelings, which had been quite jubilant on the receipt of his letter, were sad and depressed. I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse. I do not question, however, the sincerity of the great mass of those who were opposed to us.
- Ch. 67.
- Our conversation grew so pleasant that I almost forgot the object of our meeting. After the conversation had run on in this style for some time, General Lee called my attention to the object of our meeting, and said that he had asked for this interview for the purpose of getting from me the terms I proposed to give his army. I said that I meant merely that his army should lay down their arms, not to take them up again during the continuance of the war unless duly and properly exchanged. He said that he had so understood my letter.
- Ch. 67.
- I thought this would be about the last battle of the war — I sincerely hoped so; and I said further I took it that most of the men in the ranks were small farmers. The whole country had been so raided by the two armies that it was doubtful whether they would be able to put in a crop to carry themselves and their families through the next winter without the aid of the horses they were then riding. The United States did not want them and I would, therefore, instruct the officers I left behind to receive the paroles of his troops to let every man of the Confederate army who claimed to own a horse or mule take the animal to his home. Lee remarked again that this would have a happy effect.
- Ch. 67.
- The cause of the great War of the Rebellion against the United Status will have to be attributed to slavery. For some years before the war began it was a trite saying among some politicians that "A state half slave and half free cannot exist." All must become slave or all free, or the state will go down. I took no part myself in any such view of the case at the time, but since the war is over, reviewing the whole question, I have come to the conclusion that the saying is quite true.
- Conclusion
- It is probably well that we had the war when we did. We are better off now than we would have been without it, and have made more rapid progress than we otherwise should have made... But this war was a fearful lesson, and should teach us the necessity of avoiding wars in the future.
- Conclusion
- Prior to the rebellion the great mass of the people were satisfied to remain near the scenes of their birth. In fact an immense majority of the whole people did not feel secure against coming to want should they move among entire strangers. So much was the country divided into small communities that localized idioms had grown up, so that you could almost tell what section a person was from by hearing him speak... This is all changed now. The war begot a spirit of independence and enterprise. The feeling now is, that a youth must cut loose from his old surroundings to enable him to get up in the world. There is now such a commingling of the people that particular idioms and pronunciation are no longer localized to any great extent; the country has filled up "from the centre all around to the sea"; railroads connect the two oceans and all parts of the interior; maps, nearly perfect, of every part of the country are now furnished the student of geography.
- The war has made us a nation of great power and intelligence. We have but little to do to preserve peace, happiness and prosperity at home, and the respect of other nations. Our experience ought to teach us the necessity of the first; our power secures the latter.
- Slavery was an institution that required unusual guarantees for its security wherever it existed; and in a country like ours where the larger portion of it was free territory inhabited by an intelligent and well-to-do population, the people would naturally have but little sympathy with demands upon them for its protection. Hence the people of the South were dependent upon keeping control of the general government to secure the perpetuation of their favorite institution. They were enabled to maintain this control long after the States where slavery existed had ceased to have the controlling power, through the assistance they received from odd men here and there throughout the Northern States. They saw their power waning, and this led them to encroach upon the prerogatives and independence of the Northern States by enacting such laws as the Fugitive Slave Law. By this law every Northern man was obliged, when properly summoned, to turn out and help apprehend the runaway slave of a Southern man. Northern marshals became slave-catchers, and Northern courts had to contribute to the support and protection of the institution.
- I feel that we are on the eve of a new era, when there is to be great harmony between the Federal and Confederate. I cannot stay to be a living witness to the correctness of this prophecy; but I feel it within me that it is to be so. The universally kind feeling expressed for me at a time when it was supposed that each day would prove my last, seemed to me the beginning of the answer to "Let us have peace."
The expression of these kindly feelings were not restricted to a section of the country, nor to a division of the people. They came from individual citizens of all nationalities; from all denominations — the Protestant, the Catholic, and the Jew; and from the various societies of the land — scientific, educational, religious or otherwise. Politics did not enter into the matter at all.
I am not egotist enough to suppose all this significance should be given because I was the object of it. But the war between the States was a very bloody and a very costly war. One side or the other had to yield principles they deemed dearer than life before it could be brought to an end. I commanded the whole of the mighty host engaged on the victorious side. I was, no matter whether deservedly so or not, a representative of that side of the controversy. It is a significant and gratifying fact that Confederates should have joined heartily in this spontaneous move. I hope the good feeling inaugurated may continue to the end.
- Conclusion
Quotes about GrantEdit
- America had no use for Adams because he was eighteenth-century, and yet it worshipped Grant because he was archaic and should have lived in a cave and worn skins.
- It will be a thousand years before Grant's character is fully appreciated. Grant is the greatest soldier of our time if not all time ... he fixes in his mind what is the true objective and abandons all minor ones. He dismisses all possibility of defeat. He believes in himself and in victory. If his plans go wrong he is never disconcerted but promptly devises a new one and is sure to win in the end. Grant more nearly impersonated the American character of 1861-65 than any other living man. Therefore he will stand as the typical hero of the great Civil War in America.
- William Tecumseh Sherman in 1885, as quoted in Grant's Final Victory: Ulysses S. Grant's Heroic Last Year (2011), by Charles Bracelen Flood.
- In four years he had risen, without political favor, from the bottom to the very highest command, — not second to any living commander in all the world! His plans were large, his undiscouraged will was patient to obduracy... In all this career he never lost courage or equanimity. With a million men, for whose movements he was responsible, he yet carried a tranquil mind, neither depressed by disasters nor elated by success. Gentle of heart, familiar with all, never boasting, always modest, Grant came of the old, self-contained sock, men of a sublime force of being, which allied his genius to the great elemental forces of nature, — silent, invisible, irresistible. When his work was done, and the defeat of Confederate armies was final, this dreadful man of blood was tender toward his late adversaries as a woman toward her son. He imposed no humiliating conditions, spared the feelings of his antagonists, sent home the disbanded Southern men with food and with horses for working their crops.
- Henry Ward Beecher, in "Eulogy on Grant" in Patriotic Addresses in America and England (1887).
- If he neglected the rules of war, as at Vicksburg, it was to make better rules for those who were strong enough to employ them. Counselors gave him materials. He formed his own plans. Abhorring show, simple in manner, gentle in his intercourse, modest and even diffident in regard to his own personality, he seems to have been the only man in camp who was ignorant of his own greatness.
- Henry Ward Beecher in "Eulogy on Grant" in Patriotic Addresses in America and England (1887).
- A man he was without vices, with an absolute hatred for lies, and an ineradicable love of truth, of a perfect loyalty to friendship, neither envious of others nor selfish for himself. With a zeal for the public good unfeigned, he has left to memory only such weaknesses as connect him with humanity, and such virtues as will rank him among heroes. The tidings of his death, long expected, gave a shock to the whole world. Governments, rulers, eminent statesmen, and scholars from all civilized nations gave sincere tokens of sympathy. For the hour, sympathy rolled as a wave over all our own land. It closed the last furrow of war, it extinguished the last prejudice, it effaced the last vestige of hatred, and cursed be the hand that shall bring them back! Johnston and Buckner on one side, Sherman and Sheridan upon the other of his bier, he has come to his tomb a silent symbol that liberty had conquered slavery, patriotism rebellion, and peace] war. He rests in peace.
- Henry Ward Beecher in "Eulogy on Grant" in Patriotic Addresses in America and England (1887).
- We must go back to the campaigns of Napoleon to find equally brillant results accomplished in the same space of time with such a small loss.
- Francis Vinton Greene in The Mississippi (1882) on Grant's role in the Vicksburg campaign; quoted in A Military History of the Western World: From the American Civil War to the End of World War II (1987) by John Frederick Charles Fuller (this has sometimes been misattributed to Fuller, who simply declares an agreement with it).
- It is enough to add that he was a very good General and a very bad President.
- Christopher Hollis, on U. S. Grant's taking, "on reaching the presidenty", of "sort of a teetotal pledge", as quoted by G. K. Chesterton in Come to Think of It.
- He habitually wears an expression as if he had determined to drive his head through a brick wall, and was about to do it.
- Col. Theodore Lyman. in Meade's headquarters, 1863-1865; letters of Colonel Theodore Lyman from the Wilderness to Appomattox. Selected and edited by George R. Agassiz. Freeport, N.Y., Books for Libraries Press, 1970.
- If Grant only does this thing right down there — I don't care how, so long as he does it right — why, Grant is my man and I am his the rest of the war!
- Abraham Lincoln on Grant's Vicksburg campaign (5 July 1863). When he said this, Lincoln had not yet received news of the surrender of Vicksburg the day before. As quoted in Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph Over Advcersity, 1822-1865 (2000) by Brooks D. Simpson, p. 215.
- I wish some of you would tell me the brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals.
- Statement attributed to Abraham Lincoln in response to complaints about Grant's drinking habits (November 1863); as quoted in Wit and Wisdom of the American Presidents: A Book of Quotations (2000) by Joslyn T. Pine, p. 26.
External linksEdit
- White House Biography
- Grant at the Miller Center of Public Affairs
- Ulysses S. Grant Homepage
- The Ulysses S. Grant Association
- Brief biography
- Military biography of Ulysses S. Grant
- Works by Ulysses S. Grant at Project Gutenberg
- First Inaugural Address
- Second Inaugural Address
- Collection of US Grant Letters
- Ulysses S. Grant at Find A Grave